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By noting calcification scores during virtual colonoscopy procedures, physicians may have an additional means of identifying patients at risk of developing cardiovascular disease, according to Dr. Davila.

"While larger, follow-up studies are necessary to help verify our results, we hope that identifying the possible synergies in medical testing will encourage individuals to take advantage of the diagnostic tools available to them," Dr. Davila said. "As a leading cause of death, colon cancer should be identified as early as possible. The potential benefits from additional diagnostic uses for virtual colonoscopy should encourage individuals to undergo this very important procedure."

Co-authors of this study are C. Daniel Johnson, M.D., Thomas R. Behrenbeck, M.D., and Tanya Hoskin.


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Contact: Maureen Morley
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630-590-7762
Radiological Society of North America
1-Dec-2004


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